Scrooge Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 A very nice pair to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 GREAT cover! Wow. Thanks Marty. I always liked the Crandall cover on this one. Interiors by Sultan, Anderson and Gustavson but not their best stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 A very nice pair to get Thanks. Both have been tough for me to get in decent shape so I'm happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 GREAT cover! Wow. Thanks, definitely not your typical western cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Cool book. I love those "Western/Horror" books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 Cool book. I love those "Western/Horror" books: Both nice ones. With the lighting on the faces and the view "from the fire", the Buffalo Bill reminds me of the Don Heck cover for Weird Terror #7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Those are cool covers, Robotman. I also really like the Cowpuncher, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) GREAT cover! Wow. Thanks, definitely not your typical western cover. There's some pretty fascinating now-forgotten frontier horror fiction that went on in the era... basically, there's 2 or 3 legends based on real events that lead to fictional headless horsemen and phantom riders that get combined and streamlined into the ghost rider characters of the golden age and beyond. The above is partially inspired by the terrible exploits of Felipe Espinosa, who tortured and killed 32 people in Colorado in 1863, and was ultimately killed and beheaded (to confirm the kill, rumor has it he refused the bounty) by legendary tracker Tom Tobin. Espinosa's legend had grown to include a night-riding spectral horseman at just the time this story was being written. Thinking back on the Espinosa saga many years later, which clearly troubled him his entire life, Tobin said: "It occurs to me that the question is not whether a choice exists between bad and good, but whether certain men are even aware of the difference. At what point, I wonder, does it stop being revenge?" That's pretty much how Ghost Rider has been defined up through modern times. Edited November 12, 2016 by markseifert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Those are cool covers, Robotman. I also really like the Cowpuncher, too. An absolute beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 GREAT cover! Wow. Thanks, definitely not your typical western cover. There's some pretty fascinating now-forgotten frontier horror fiction that went on in the era... basically, there's 2 or 3 legends based on real events that lead to fictional headless horsemen and phantom riders that get combined and streamlined into the ghost rider characters of the golden age and beyond. The above is partially inspired by the terrible exploits of Felipe Espinosa, who tortured and killed 32 people in Colorado in 1863, and was ultimately killed and beheaded (to confirm the kill, rumor has it he refused the bounty) by legendary tracker Tom Tobin. Espinosa's legend had grown to include a night-riding spectral horseman at just the time this story was being written. Thinking back on the Espinosa saga many years later, which clearly troubled him his entire life, Tobin said: "It occurs to me that the question is not whether a choice exists between bad and good, but whether certain men are even aware of the difference. At what point, I wonder, does it stop being revenge?" That's pretty much how Ghost Rider has been defined up through modern times. That's very interesting, thanks for posting. I have a few early Yellowstone related magazines from the 1870's but haven't spent any time looking into the dime novels from that time period. I look forward to doing some research on them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Great books, guys! Here's a new one for me. If you can't afford an early Fight...there's the Zolne road less travelled. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Great books, guys! Here's a new one for me. If you can't afford an early Fight...there's the Zolne road less travelled. Nice one. I didn't even know Zolnerowich did any of these WF covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yeah, he did some nice work for Hillman, including a nice run of covers for Airboy. Here's one for example, though not a Western obviously - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Yeah, he did some nice work for Hillman, including a nice run of covers for Airboy. Here's one for example, though not a Western obviously - That's a good one. I first became aware of his Airboy covers when you posted a V5#4 years ago (V5#7 may be my favorite). GCD shows only issues #4-6 as Zolne Western Fighters covers. I only have 10 issues and the Zolne's flew under my radar. I'll have to fix that though as Zolnerowich is one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 A couple maneely covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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